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UNIVERSITY  SCHOLARSHIPS 

Chapter  292,  Laws  of  1913 

An  act  to  amend  the  Education  Law,  relative  to  the  establishment 
of  scholarships  for  the  aid  of  students  in  colleges. 

Became  a law  April  16,  1913,  with  the  approval  of  the  Governor.  Passed 
three-fifths  being  present 

The  People  of  the  State  of  New  York,  repiesented  in  Senate 
and  Assembly,  do  enact  as  follows: 

Section  1 Article  3 of  chapter  140  of  the  Laws  of  1910,  en- 
titled ‘‘An  act  to  amend  the  Education  Law,  generally,’’  is  hereby 
amended  by  adding  at  the  end  thereof  the  following  new  sections, 
to  be  known  as  sections  70,  71,  72,  73,  74,  75,  76  and  77,  and  to 
read  as  follows : 

§ 70  State  scholarships  established.  1 State  scholarships  are 
hereby  established  in  the  several  counties  of  the  State,  to  be  main- 
tained by  the  State  and  awarded  as  provided  by  this  act. 

2 Five  such  scholarships  shall  be  awarded  each  county  an- 
nually for  each  assembly  district  therein. 

3 Each  such  scholarship  shall  entitle  the  holder  thereof  to  the 
sum  of  one  hundred  dollars  for  each  year  which  he  is  in  attend- 
ance upon  an  approved  college  in  this  State  during  a period  of 
four  years,  to  be  paid  to  or  for  the  benefit  of  such  holder  as  here- 
inafter provided,  and  out  of  a fund  wliich  is  hereinafter  created. 

§ 71  Scholarship  fund  of  the  University  of  the  State  of  New  York. 
1 The  scholarship  fund  of  the  University  of  the  State  of  New 
York  is  hereby  created.  Such  fund  shall  consist: 

a Of  all  money  appropriated  therefor  by  the  Legislature; 

h Of  all  money  and  property  hereafter  received  by  the  State, 
the  Regents  of  the  University  or  the  Commissioner  of  Education 
by  gift,  grant,  devise  or  bequest  for  the  purpose  of  providing 


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funds  for  the  payment  of  such  scholarships  and  of  all  income  or 
revenue  derived  from  any  trust  created  for  such  purpose. 

2 Such  fund  shall  be  kept  separate  and  distinct  from  the  other 
State  funds  by  the  State  Treasurer,  and  payment  shall  he  made 
therefrom  to  the  persons  entitled  thereto  in  the  same  manner  as 
from  other  State  funds,  except  as  otherwise  provided  by  this  act. 

3 Whenever  any  such  gift,  grant,  devise  or  bequest  shall  have 
been  made  or  any  trust  shall  have  been  created  for  the  purpose  of 
providing  funds  for  such  scholarships,  the  incomes  or  revenues  de- 
rived therefrom  shall  be  applied  in  maintaining  scholarships  in 
addition  to  those  to  be  maintained  by  appropriations  made  by  the 
State  Legislature,  as  provided  herein,  and  no  part  of  such  income 
or  revenue  shall  be  applied  for  the  maintenance  of  State  scholai- 
ships  hereinbefore  established  for  each  county.  Such  additional 
scholarships  shall  be  equitably  apportioned  by  the  Commissioner 
of  Education  among  the  several  counties,  unless  it  be  provided  in 
the  will,  deed  or  other  instrument  making  such  gift,  grant,  devise 
or  bequest,  or  creating  such  trust,  that  the  incomes  or  revenues 
derived  therefrom  be  applied  to  the  establishment  and  maintenance 
of  additional  scholarships  in  a specified  county. 

§ 72  Regents  to  make  rules.  The  Regents  shall  make  rules 
governing  the  award  of  such  scholarships,  the  issuance  and  cancel- 
lation of  certificates  entitling  persons  to  the  benefits  thereof,  the 
use  of  such  scholarships  by  the  persons  entitled  thereto,  and  the 
rights  and  duties  of  such  State  scholars,  and  the  colleges  which 
they  attend,  in  respect  to  such  scholarships,  and  providing  gener- 
ally for  carrying  into  effect  the  provisions  of  this  act.  Such  rules 
shall  be  in  conformity  with  this  act  and  shall  have  the  force  and 
effect  of  a statute. 

§ 73  List  of  candidates,  award  of  scholarships.  1 The  Com- 
missioner of  Education  shall  cause  to  be  prepared  for  each  county 
of  the  State,  annually,  during  the  month  of  August,  from  the  rec- 
ords of  the  Education  Department,  a list  of  the  names  of  all 
pupils  residing  therein  who  became  entitled  to  college  entrance 
diplomas  under  Regents  rules,  during  the  preceding  school  year. 
Such  list  shall  also  show  the  average  standing  of  the  pupils  in  the 
several  subjects  on  which  each  of  siudi  di|)lomas  was  issued. 

2 The  Commissioner  of  Education  shall  also  cause  the  names  of 
all  pupils  on  the  foregoing  lists  of  the  several  counties,  who  are 
not  appointed  to  scholarships  in  the  county  of  their  residence,  to 


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be  arranged  upon  a State  list  in  the  order  of  their  merit,  as  shown 
by  their  average  standings  on  the  several  county  lists,  from  which 
unclaimed  vacant  scholarships  shall  be  filled  as  hereinafter 
provided. 

3 The  scholarships  to  which  each  county  is  entitled  shall  be 
awarded  by  the  Commissioner  of  Education  annually  in  the  month 
of  August  to  those  pupils  residing  therein  who  became  entitled  to 
college  entrance  diplomas,  under  Regents  rules,  during  the  pre- 
ceding school  year  and  in  the  order  of  their  merit  as  shown  by  the 
list  prepared  as  provided  in  subdivision  1 of  this  section. 

4 In  case  a pupil  who  is  entitled  to  a scholarship  shall  fail  to 
apply  for  such  scholarship  within  thirty  days  after  being  notified 
that  he  is  entitled  thereto  or  shall  fail  to  comply  with  the  rules  of 
the  Regents  as  to  such  scholarships  and  the  same  shall  have  been 
revoked  or  canceled  on  account  thereof,  or,  if  for  any  other  reason 
such  scholarship  shall  become  vacant,  then  the  pupil  standing  next 
highest  to  those  pupils  on  such  list  for  such  county  who  have  re- 
ceived scholarships,  shall  be  entitled  to  receive  appointment  to 
such  vacant  scholarship. 

5 In  case  a scholarship  belonging  to  a county  shall  not  be 
claimed  by  a resident  of  such  county  or  if  there  be  no  resident  of 
the  county  entitled  to  appointment  to  the  vacant  scholarship  in 
such  county,  the  Commissioner  of  Education  shall  fill  such 
vacancy  by  appointing  from  the  State  list  the  person  entitled  to 
such  vacancy  as  provided  in  subdivision  2 of  this  section. 

6 The  Commissioner  of  Education  shall  cause  such  person  en- 
titled to  receive  appointment  to  a scholarship  to  be  notified  of  his 
rights  thereto  and  of  his  forfeiture  of  such  rights  by  failure  to 
make  the  application  for  such  scholarship  required  under  section 
74  of  this  act. 

§ 74  Issuance  of  scholarship  certificate.  Upon  the  application 
of  a pupil  duly  notified  of  his  right  to  a scholarship,  the  Commis- 
sioner of  Education  shall  issue  to  such  pupil  a scholarship  cer- 
tificate. Such  application  and  such  certificate  shall  be  in  the  form 
prescribed  by  the  Commissioner  of  Education  and  such  certificate 
shall  specify  the  college  for  which  it  is  valid.  Said  Commissioner 
may  also  require  such  additional  statements  and  information  to 
accompany  such  application  as  he  may  deem  necessary. 

§ 75  Effect  of  certificate;  payments  thereon.  The  certificate 
issued  as  provided  in  the  preceding  section  shall  entitle  the  person 


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named  therein  to  receive  the  sum  of  one  hundred  dollars  each  year 
for  a period  of  four  years  to  aid  such  person  in  the  completion  of 
a college  education.  Such  sum  shall  be  paid  by  the  State  Treas- 
urer in  two  equal  payments,  one  on  October  1st  and  the  other  on 
March  1st  out  of  the  scholarship  fund  of  the  University  of  the 
State  of  Uew  York,  upon  the  warrant  of  the  Comptroller  issued 
with  the  approval  of  the  Commissioner  of  Education.  Such  ap- 
proval shall  be  given  upon  vouchers  or  other  evidence  showing 
that  the  person  named  therein  is  entitled  to  receive  the  sum  speci- 
fied, either  directly  or  for  his  or  her  benefit.  The  rules  of  the 
Regents  may  prescribe  conditions  under  which  payments  may  be 
made  direct  to  the  college  attended  by  the  person  named  in  such 
certificate,  in  behalf  and  for  the  benefit  of  such  person,  [ds 
amended  hy  chapter  437,  Laws  of  1913] 

§ 76  Revocation  of  scholarship.  If  a person  holding  a State 
scholarship  shall  fail  to  comply  with  the  rules  of  the  Regents  in 
respect  to  the  use  of  such  scholarship,  or  shall  fail  to  observe  the 
rules,  regulations  or  conditions  prescribed  or  imposed  by  such  col- 
lege on  students  therein,  or  shall  for  any  reason  be  expelled  or  sus- 
pended from  such  college,  or  shall  absent  himself  therefrom  with- 
out leave,  the  Commissioner  of  Education  may,  upon  evidence  of 
such  fact  deemed  by  him  sufficient,  make  an  order  under  the  seal 
of  the  Education  Department  revoking  such  scholarship  and  there- 
upon such  scholarship  shall  become  vacant  and  the  person  holding 
such  scholarship  shall  not  thereafter  be  entitled  to  further  pay- 
ment or  benefits  under  the  provisions  of  this  act  and  the  vacancy 
caused  thereby  shall  be  filled  as  provided  in  section  73  of  this  act. 

§ 77  Limitation  as  to  number  of  scholarships;  courses  of  study. 
At  no  time  shall  there  be  more  than  twenty  scholarships  established 
and  maintained  for  each  assembly  district  and  at  no  time  shall 
there  be  more  than  three  thousand  such  scholarships  so  estab- 
lished and  maintained  for  the  entire  State  not  including  scholar- 
ships maintained  from  the  revenues  or  income  of  trust  funds, 
or  gifts,  devises  or  bequests  created  or  made  as  provided  in  this 
act  for  the  maintenance  of  such  scholarships.  A person  en- 
titled to  such  schoiarship  shall  not  be  restricted  as  to  the  choice 
of  the  college  which  he  desires  to  attend,  or  the  course  of  study 
which  he  proposes  to  pursue;  provided  that  no  such  scholarship 
shall  include  professional  instruction  in  law,  medicine,  dentistry, 
veterinary  medicine  or  theology,  except  so  far  as  such  instruction 
is  within  a regularly  prescribed  course  of  study  leading  to  a de- 


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gree  other  than  in  the  above-named  professions ; and  provided  fur- 
ther, that  the  college  selected  by  the  person  entitled  to  such 
scholarship  is  situated  within  the  State  of  New  York,  and  is  incor- 
porated as  a college  and  authorized  under  the  laws  of  this  State 
and  the  rules  of  the  Regents  of  the  IJniversity  to'  confer  degrees. 

§ 2 This  act  shall  take  effect  August  1,  1913. 


REGENTS  RULES 

Section  5G1  Approved  colleges.  The  State  scholarships  issued 
under  sections  70  to  77  of  the  Education  Law  shall  be  known, 
for  distinguishment,  as  University  scholarships,  and  the  colleges 
approved  for  their  use  shall  be  all  such  institutions  in  this  State, 
authorized  to  confer  degrees,  whether  specifically  named  colleges, 
universities,  or  otherwise,  which  are  registered  by  the  Regents  of 
the  University  as  institutions  of  college  grade  and  as  maintaining 
approved  standards. 

§ 5G2  Colleges  to  furnish  information.  Colleges  in  this  State  shall 
in  February  and  September  of  each  year  certify  to  the  Com- 
missioner of  Education  a list  of  their  pupils  who  are  holders  of 
the  University  scholarships,  and  shall  promptly  report  to  him  the 
facts  in  the  case  of  any  such  pupil  who  shall  fail  to  observe  the 
rules,  regulations  or  conditions  prescribed  or  imposed  by  the 
institution  on  its  pupils,  or  who  shall  for  any  reason  be  expelled 
or  suspended,  or  who  shall  absent  himself  without  leave. 

§ 5G3  Service  of  notifications.  Notification  of  rights  to  the 
University  scholarships,  or  forfeitures  thereof,  may  be  served 
personally  or  by  registered  mail. 

§ 564  Acceptance  of  vacant  scholarships.  If  a University 
scholarship  shall  be  declined  or  resigned,  or  for  any  other  reason 
shall  become  vacant,  and  the  pupil  next  entitled  shall  nol  accept 
the  same  within  ten  days  after  notification  of  his  right  thereto,  it 
shall  be  deemed  to  be  still  vacant. 

§ 5G5  Payments  to  colleges.  The  Commissioner  of  Education 
may,  at  any  time,  direct  the  payment  by  the  State  Treasurer,  in 
one  sum,  to  the  treasurer  of  any  college,  at  which  holders  of  the 
University  scholarships  are  in  attendance,  of  the  total  of  the 
instalments  then  payable  to  or  for  such  pupils,  to  be  applied  for 
the  benefit  of  each,  respectively, 

1 So  far  as  needed,  to  pay  for  his  tuition  for  the  current 
semester. 


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2 To  reimburse  the  college  for  his  other  indebtedness  thereto. 

3 To  pay  the  remainder  of  Ids  instalment  to  such  pupil,  or  as 
he  shall  direct. 

§ 560  Leave  of  absence.  If  leave  of  absence  for  a period  of 
not  more  than  twelve  months  be  granted  by  the  college  authorities 
to  the  holder  of  a University  scholarship  for  cause  deemed  satis- 
factory, the  holder  of  the  scholarship  may  retain  the  same,  but  the 
period  for  which  the  scholarship  is  good  shall  not  be  extended 
be^^ond  the  time  for  which  it  was  originally  issued,  and  no  pay- 
ment shall  be  made  for  the  period  for  which  the  student  is  absent 
on  leave. 


THE  COLLEGE  ENTRANCE  DIPLOMA 

The  college  entrance  diploma  which  indicates  the  completion 
of  a four-year  high  school  course  is  the  basis  of  the  award  of 
University  scholarships.  This  credential  is  earned  Dy  pupils  who 
satisfactorily  coanplete  courses  in  approved  secondary  schools  and 
pass  in  such  schools  tlie  Itegents  examinations  in  the  subjects  re- 
quired for  the  diploma.  In  the  month  of  August  of  each  year,  the 
pupils  who  completed  in  the  January  or  June  Regents  examina- 
tions preceding  the  requirements  for  the  college  entrajice  diploma 
are  ranked  in  the  University  scholarship  competition.  The  resi- 
dents of  each  county  in  the  State  who  thus  become  entitled  to 
college  entrance  diplomas  are  ranked  in  their  order  of  merit  in 
county  lists.  The  number  of  scholarships  to  be  awarded  to  pupils 
in  each  county  is  equal  to  five  times  the  number  of  assembly 
districts  therein.  After  the  county  awards  have  been  completed, 
a general  State  list  of  all  those  pupils  entitled  to  college  entrance 
diplomas  who  did  not  secure  scholarships  in  their  own  counties 
is  made  up  and  from  such  list  vacancies  existing  in  counties  where 
there  are  no  eligible  candidates  are  filled.  Original  notice  of 
awards  of  scholarships  is  made  during  the  last  week  of  August 
by  The  University  of  the  State  of  Uew  York  directly  to  the 
successful  competitors.  Scholarships  are  good  for  $100  a year  for 
a period  of  four  years  in  approved  colleges  of  the  State  of  Yew 
York,  beginning  with  the  opening  of  the  fall  college  term  after 
the  award  in  August. 

Beginning  with  the  January  1915  Regents  examinations,  the 
college  entrance  diploma  will  be  issued  on  70  counts  in  three 
forms  as  indicated  below.  These  requirements  have  been  adopted 
by  the  Regents  upon  the  recommendation  of  the  Association  of 


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Colleges  in  the  State  of  'New  York  and  of  the  State  Examinations 
Board. 


College  entrance  diploma  in  arts 


Required  subjects  60  counts 

English  13  counts 

Algebra  7 “ 

I’lane  gconietery  5 “ 

History  5 “ 


Either 


Four  years  of  Latin 

and 

Two  years  of  French  or 
German  or  Greek 


[ Tliree  years  of  Latin 

Or  J 

j lhree  years  of  French  or 
[ German  or  Greek 


20  counts ' 


10 


■ 30  counts 


15 


Elective  subjects  as  follows 

An  additional  year  of  one  of  the  foreign  languages 
od'ered  in  the  required  group  — French  or  German 

or  Greek  or  Latin 

Advanced  botany  

Advanced  zoology  

Biology 

Chemistry  

Physics  

Physical  geography  

Two  of  the  following: 

Advanced  algebra 
Solid  geometry 
Plane  trigonometry 


10 


5 

5 

5 

5 

5 

5 

5 

5 


counts 


(( 


10  counts 


Total 


70  counts 


College  entrance  diploma  in  science 


Required  subjects  60  counts 

English  13  counts 

Algebra  7 “ 

Plane  geometry  5 “ 

History  5 “ 


Three  years  of  Latin  or  German  or  French 15  “ 

Two  years  of  a second  foreign  language: 

Latin  or  German  or  French  or  Greek 10  “ 

One  of  the  following: 5 “ 

Advanced  botany 
Advanced  zoology 
Biology 
Chemistry 
Physics 

Physical  geography 


8 


3 0112  105869652 


Elective  subjects  as  follows 10  counts 

An  additional  year  of  one  of  the  foreign  languages 
offered  in  the  required  group — French  or  (lennan 

or  Creek  or  Jiatin 5 “ 

Advanced  botany  : ' 5 “ 

Advanced  zoology  • 5 

Biology 5 “ 

Chemistry  5 “ 

Physics  i : 5 

Physical  geography  : 5 “ 

Advanced  algebra ; . . d “ 

Solid  geometry  2 “ 

Trigonometry  Il  “ 

History  5 “ 

Drawing — a maximum  of 5 “ 

Shopwork  — a maximum  of 5 “ 

.Advanced  bookkeeping  — a maximum  of 5 “ 

Shorthand  2 — a maximum  of 5 “ 


10  counts 


Total 70  counts 

College  entrance  diploma  in  engineering 

Required  subjects  GO  counts 

English  13  counts 

Algebra  7 

Plane  geometry  . , 5 

History  0 

Three  years  of  Latin  or  Gerjnan  or  Frencli . . . lo 

Physics  5 

One  of  the  following : 5 

Advanced  botany 
Advanced  zoology  ‘ 

Biology 
Chemistry 
Physical  geography 

Two  of  the  following. 5 

Advanced  algebra 
Solid  geometry 
Trigonometry 

Elective  subjects  as  follows 10  counts 

An  additional  year  of  one  of  the  foreign  huiguages 
offered  in  the  required  group — French  or  Cerman 

or  Latin  o counts 

Advanced  botany  . 5 

Advanced  zoology  5 

Biology f) 

Chemistry  h 

Physical  geography  5 

Advanced  algebra 3 

Solid  geometry  2 

Trigonometry 3 

History  h 

Drawing — a maximum  of 5 

Shopwork  — a maximum  of 5 

Advanced  bookkeeping — a maximum  of 5 

Shorthand  2 — a maximum  of 5 


10  counts 


Total 70  counts 


